Improved connecting rod-joint



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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

THOMAS SHAW, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED CONNECTING ROD-JOINT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,455, dated February 6, 1866.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS SHAW, 0f the city and county of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing Connecting Rod-Joints; and

I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked ,thereon.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

a is a ferrule, which has a thread, I), for the purpose of having screwed to it a piece ofgas or other rod. 0 c are two boxes which will clasp a crank-pin interposed at d, and are secured in ferrule a by screw 0 f, a pin inserted in boxes 0 c to prevent one part, 0, moving Without the other.

The object of this invention is to furnish a cheap and eflicient connecting rodoint for all vibrating rods, and is well adapted to the employment of gas-pipes for rods.

What .I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Constructing connecting rod-joint in the manner described.

THOMAS SHAW. [L. s.] Witnesses:

ROBERT HU'roHINsoN, Enwn. H. WALTON. 

